US judges who profited jailing children must pay $200m in damages
'Kids for cash' scandal victims as young as eight were locked up for petty theft, jaywalking and smoking at school
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'Kids for cash' scandal victims as young as eight were locked up for petty theft, jaywalking and smoking at school
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200...
The money will be divided between more than 300 juveniles who were jailed.
Two ex-judges who sent kids to for-profit jails for millions in kickbacks from the owner must pay more than $200 million to nearly 300 victims.